Our Commitment to Quality
OUR COMMITMENT TO QUALITY
Your views are important to us! We are committed to respond promptly and fairly to any complaints or expressions of dissatisfaction from our customers.
Within this leaflet you will find details of our internal customer complaints procedures, including timeframes in which we will respond to any issues that you raise. Our aim is always to satisfactorily resolve any complaint at the earliest opportunity, so please help us by following the guidelines in this leaflet. We keep records of all complaints that we receive. They provide us with valuable feedback, telling us how we can improve our services.
Your views are important, so please make them known to us. The complaint investigation is free of charge.
Who should you complain to?
In the first instance, please address your complaint, in writing or by telephone, directly to AW Carhouse, our contact details are shown below.
What will we do next?
Our aim is to provide a satisfactory solution as speedily as possible. We will endeavour to sort out the problem there and then. In some cases, further investigation may be required, in which case we will try to provide an answer by the end of the next working day following receipt of your complaint.
If this is not possible, we will send you a written acknowledgement within five working days of receipt. This will state the name of the person who is dealing with your complaint, their contact details and confirm our understanding of the nature of your concerns.
When will we contact you again?
We will either provide our final response to your complaint within four weeks of receipt, or we will write to you to explain why we have not been able to do so and when we expect to make further contact. If, after eight weeks we have still not provided a final response to your complaint, then we will write to you giving reasons for the delay and tell you when we expect to be able to provide a final response. If you are able to refer your complaint to an ombudsman service, arbitration scheme, or dispute resolution scheme, then we will explain the process and provide you with the necessary details. Alternatively, you may still choose to wait until we are in a position to provide our final response.
Please note, should your complaint be regarding a car finance agreement before 28th January 2021, we need to make you aware that the current 8 week deadline to respond to your complaint is currently paused. This is due to the review the FCA are carrying out within the Motor Finance Industry regarding the handling of such complaints. Please note we will still work hard to resolve your complaint in the background and keep you updated throughout the process; however we need to make you aware that we will not have to respond to your complaint until after 31st May 2026 at the earliest. The FCA have also extended the deadline in which you can refer these type of complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service from 6 months to 15 months if you are sent a final response between 17th November 2023 and 4th November 2025. You can find further information on the work the FCA is carrying out via this link- https://www.fca.org.uk/carfinance.'
What do we mean by final response?
Our final response will detail the results of our investigation into your complaint, and we will explain whether it has been accepted or rejected. In both cases we will explain the reasons for our decision. Where it is appropriate, we may make an offer of redress considering the individual circumstances of each case investigated. This will not always involve financial redress and may simply involve an apology. Our aim is to treat all customers consistently and fairly.
What happens if you remain dissatisfied?
Our final response will provide details of how you may escalate your complaint if you remain dissatisfied following the outcome of our investigation. It will also give you details of any rights of referral you may have to an ombudsman service, arbitration scheme, or dispute resolution scheme.
Contact details
Address: 283 Watling Street, Nuneaton. CV11 6BQ
Telephone: 02476325888
Email: [email protected]
